Rich Lowry
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I wrote that piece about him three years ago. I stand by it. He still comes across like that. The only thing I would add is I do wonder if there was a more substantive side to it. I do wonder if he perhaps had different ideas about the administration than Trump or than Elon. It's a very broad coalition. It's a coalition that has managed to bring in
I wrote that piece about him three years ago. I stand by it. He still comes across like that. The only thing I would add is I do wonder if there was a more substantive side to it. I do wonder if he perhaps had different ideas about the administration than Trump or than Elon. It's a very broad coalition. It's a coalition that has managed to bring in
Republicans across the spectrum, but also Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Tulsi Gabbard and others. And Vivek has a lot of ideas of his own. Some of them are good. And I wonder whether he ever played his hand in advancing them. I mean, this is a a problem you have, an inevitable problem, when you put lots of people who've been very successful and who are very intelligent together.
Republicans across the spectrum, but also Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Tulsi Gabbard and others. And Vivek has a lot of ideas of his own. Some of them are good. And I wonder whether he ever played his hand in advancing them. I mean, this is a a problem you have, an inevitable problem, when you put lots of people who've been very successful and who are very intelligent together.
Republicans across the spectrum, but also Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Tulsi Gabbard and others. And Vivek has a lot of ideas of his own. Some of them are good. And I wonder whether he ever played his hand in advancing them. I mean, this is a a problem you have, an inevitable problem, when you put lots of people who've been very successful and who are very intelligent together.
And Vivek is a very intelligent man, like Elon Musk is. And how many days do you think it would take for a room filled with Donald Trump, Vivek Ramaswamy, and Elon Musk before they started to get irritated with each other? I mean, it's almost inevitable.
And Vivek is a very intelligent man, like Elon Musk is. And how many days do you think it would take for a room filled with Donald Trump, Vivek Ramaswamy, and Elon Musk before they started to get irritated with each other? I mean, it's almost inevitable.
And Vivek is a very intelligent man, like Elon Musk is. And how many days do you think it would take for a room filled with Donald Trump, Vivek Ramaswamy, and Elon Musk before they started to get irritated with each other? I mean, it's almost inevitable.
I don't think it was a great debate. It was painful to watch by the end. The argument over whose golf game is better and who has better handicap. And if the mics hadn't been cut, it probably would have descended into what the first debate in 2020 was like. So I agree with you that that helped Trump. But Biden was terrible, like nightmarishly bad.
I don't think it was a great debate. It was painful to watch by the end. The argument over whose golf game is better and who has better handicap. And if the mics hadn't been cut, it probably would have descended into what the first debate in 2020 was like. So I agree with you that that helped Trump. But Biden was terrible, like nightmarishly bad.
I don't think it was a great debate. It was painful to watch by the end. The argument over whose golf game is better and who has better handicap. And if the mics hadn't been cut, it probably would have descended into what the first debate in 2020 was like. So I agree with you that that helped Trump. But Biden was terrible, like nightmarishly bad.
You know, we both had a lot of experience with Roger Ailes, who is a TV genius, if nothing else. And he always said, you know, watch it with the sound down. And as soon as Trump, sorry, Biden walked out before he said anything, you're like, oh, my. Gosh, if this guy's president of the United States, it looked like he was going to barely make it to the podium.
You know, we both had a lot of experience with Roger Ailes, who is a TV genius, if nothing else. And he always said, you know, watch it with the sound down. And as soon as Trump, sorry, Biden walked out before he said anything, you're like, oh, my. Gosh, if this guy's president of the United States, it looked like he was going to barely make it to the podium.
You know, we both had a lot of experience with Roger Ailes, who is a TV genius, if nothing else. And he always said, you know, watch it with the sound down. And as soon as Trump, sorry, Biden walked out before he said anything, you're like, oh, my. Gosh, if this guy's president of the United States, it looked like he was going to barely make it to the podium.
He had this blank and confused look on all the split screens when he wasn't saying anything. And then when he talked, his voice was incredibly frail and weak. They're saying apparently getting out that he had a cold. I don't know. Maybe he did have a cold. But if he did, he should have said immediately, oh, excuse my voice. I have a cold. And then there was the incoherence.
He had this blank and confused look on all the split screens when he wasn't saying anything. And then when he talked, his voice was incredibly frail and weak. They're saying apparently getting out that he had a cold. I don't know. Maybe he did have a cold. But if he did, he should have said immediately, oh, excuse my voice. I have a cold. And then there was the incoherence.
He had this blank and confused look on all the split screens when he wasn't saying anything. And then when he talked, his voice was incredibly frail and weak. They're saying apparently getting out that he had a cold. I don't know. Maybe he did have a cold. But if he did, he should have said immediately, oh, excuse my voice. I have a cold. And then there was the incoherence.
You know, not every answer, but a lot of the answers just they started OK. And then they faded into something just a jumble. You know, the beat Medicare. We finally beat Medicare answer towards the beginning was maybe the foremost example of this. So it was a debacle for Joe Biden. I think Trump was, you know, about half the debate was was very good.
You know, not every answer, but a lot of the answers just they started OK. And then they faded into something just a jumble. You know, the beat Medicare. We finally beat Medicare answer towards the beginning was maybe the foremost example of this. So it was a debacle for Joe Biden. I think Trump was, you know, about half the debate was was very good.
You know, not every answer, but a lot of the answers just they started OK. And then they faded into something just a jumble. You know, the beat Medicare. We finally beat Medicare answer towards the beginning was maybe the foremost example of this. So it was a debacle for Joe Biden. I think Trump was, you know, about half the debate was was very good.